Anaplan Solution Architect

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As a key member of the Finance Systems team, you will be accountable for working closely with the FP&A teams to get the best value from our planning tools & processes, including support for all planning models and processes. Using your experience and knowledge of the Financial Planning domain, you will hold overall responsibility for the system and data management, ensuring the support mechanisms and processes are in place for long-term success.

• Be responsible for creating, managing and assuring end to end solution architecture and design including support models working with Finance business and technology partners, underpinned by Anaplan and SAP technologies.
• Advise and support senior leaders on technical choices and associated risks and opportunities on the end-to-end solutions.
• Ensure solution reference model designs align with industry standard process, using relevant technology and corporate policies.
• Collaborate with other technology & architecture teams to ensure solutions are aligned to the support NFR objectives such as audit, security, resilience etc.
• Contribute to the architecture & technology guardrails and principles within the department to drive the decision process, and govern their lifecycle, intervening where required to collaboratively to address any shortfalls.
• Be pragmatic with architectural decisions and mitigating key technical risks across operations and delivery teams adopting trade-offs.

• Solution architecture experience of working in Finance underpinned by Anaplan, SAP ERP and similar technologies.
• Demonstrable knowledge of at least one mainstream Enterprise Performance Management Packages (Anaplan, Oracle Hyperion, OneStream etc).
• Strategic demeanor whilst maintaining a pragmatic view of the immediate horizon.
• The ability to weigh up multiple solutions to a problem against different priorities, e.g. business benefits, cost (capex/opex), complexity and time.
• An ability to clearly define and document technology solutions using standard process frameworks.
• Good communication and collaborative skills – a huge part of the job is talking to people to understand requirements and talking to technology teams and other SAs to ensure we build the right thing in the right way.
• Experience of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.

Our Group Enterprise Technology Solutions team keeps Europe’s biggest entertainment brand running smoothly by providing the digital technologies, tools and systems our colleagues need to work productively and collaboratively no matter where they are.

Our team is built around five core capabilities: Enterprise Resource Planning platforms; workplace solutions; enablement and automation; value stream realisation and governance; and transformation and change management.

We enable the global, digital, agile and secure ERP based enterprise systems while ensuring our people and organisations have the right solutions to succeed

“We are looking to appoint a Finance Solution Architect within the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) space that will deliver end to end solutions for Sky’s Finance Business. The team is new and is currently formulating north star strategies and roadmaps to modernise the ERP based corporate technology landscape partnering with business to deliver modern strategic solution architecture and designs.” - Head of Group ERP Strategy and Architecture.

There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky: the perks. Here’s a taster:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

We are a Disability Confident Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all, and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.

We’ve embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You’ll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process.

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There are also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed, and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It’s a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next.

But better doesn’t stop at what we do, it’s how we do it, too. We embrace each other’s differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet.

If you believe in better, we’ll back you all the way.

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